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Leap Year

Synopsis

Anna planned to propose to her boyfriend on February 29th. This is not her boyfriend.

A woman who has an elaborate scheme to propose to her boyfriend on Leap Day, an Irish tradition which occurs every time the date February 29 rolls around, faces a major setback when bad weather threatens to derail her planned trip to Dublin. With the help of an innkeeper, however, her cross-country odyssey just might result in her getting engaged.

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Romantic comedies are definitely not my thing. Often it's like having my teeth pulled and to quote James Woods in The Hard Way, "I'd rather be dragged naked through a field of broken glass", than watch some of the shit released in this genre. However it can really help when a big name star decides to try their luck at it. Amy Adams is the emerald in a mountain of coal, Hollywood-wise. She can turn her charms to anything and she's the reason why this didn't get turned off quicker than a pedophile in a jail-cell. Charm is what sells this sickly sweet but entertaining rom-com as we get her American high-flyer stuck in Cardiff then Cork on route to…

Wow. This was phenomenally boring. I guess that's why it was on television at 10pm on a Saturday. (Making myself sound super cool right now.) Was hoping for a silly little rom com on a lazy evening, but this was just tres, tres bad. Even the adorable Amy Adams couldn't save it.

I don't like spending time writing about films that I did not enjoy watching, but I feel obliged to write about Leap Year. I want to save people from making the mistake of watching it.

The sole reason I was interested in watching Leap Year was to see Matthew Goode. I loved him in Stoker, and I thought that I should investigate his other films to learn more about his talent as an actor. Despite that I had read that Goode publicly dissed Leap Year (he called it "turgid" and predicted it would be called the worst film of 2010), I decided to watch it. I did learn one thing from watching Leap Year: If an actor calls his own…

It's utterly predictable, but isn't that what people want out of this genre? It appears Adam Scott only gets to play oblivious a-holes or intentional a-holes. Thankfully they let him do oblivious here. Bonus points for Amy Adams being a completely self-absorbed character who still comes off as charming as hell somehow, though. Also, bonus points for some of the most amazingly bad greenscreen work I've seen in quite a while. And I watch a LOT of low-budget garbage.

I'll watch anything with Amy Adams in it. I love her acting. A pretty typical rom-com all around. Would have had no interest in watching it if Amy wasn't in it. But she gives every movie an extra star rating just by being in it! I'm not saying she can do no wrong, but I haven't seen it yet.

I came across this little beauty on netflix a couple of months ago and had no idea what it was, I had never heard it. Oh but I am glad that I happened to stumble upon this lovely, feel good film.

I fell completely in love with the two main characters, and began rooting for them from the off. Amy Adams is delightful to watch as "Anna", and Matthew Goode as "Declan" is very easy on the eye. The chemistry between the two of them plays well on the screen also.

Overall, I feel that this is simply a feel good, romantic comedy, and does exactly what it says on the tin. No, it may not have won any oscars, but who cares about that? Get yourself a cup of tea, get comfy on the sofa, and enjoy yourself watching this lovely, bubbly film.